Harness connecter



April 8, 1924. 1,489,506

' J. C. NICHOLS HARNES S CONNECTER Filed May 22. 1923 Juhn E -NichnlsPatented Apr. 8, 1924.

UNITED STTES JOHN C. NICHOLS, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS CONNECTER.

Application filed May 22,

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. NICHOLS, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State oflVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessConnecters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to a harness connecter. V

This case constitutes one of a series of cases filed simultaneouslyhaving elements cooperating td form a harness without stitching.

In harnesses as previously constructed, it has been the practice to passleather straps through metal rings or US and to stitch the strap inplace. This was found unsatisfactory as the strap rapidly wore throughat the point where it embraced the ring, and as the stitching wasfrequently out or worn out in a short time.

7 This invention is designed to overcome the above noted defects, andobjects of such invention are to provide a harness connecter which is soorganized that it is not necessary to stitch the strap together at thepoint where it is joined to another portion of the harness or to a metalring, in which the connecter is reinforced by the strap in such a mannerthat the connecter is not called upon to bear the entire stresstransmitted by the strap, and to provide a connecter which insures ametal to metalcontact, thereby protecting the leather strap fromabrasion.

Further objects are to provide a harness connecter having a hook adaptedto engage a ring or other member and equipped with transverse barsadapted to guide and hold the strap closely adjacent the free end of thehook so as to insure the retention of the ring within the hook, and toprovide means integrally formed with the protector for securing the freeend of the strap.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof showing the strap inposition, and showing the device engaging a ring or D.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

1923. Serial N0. 640,685.

The harness connecter comprises a body portion having parallel sidewalls 1 and preferably provided with forwardly converging arms 2. Thesearms merge into ahook 3 which pro ects outwardly from the body portionand has its free end turned inwardly thereof. The side walls areconnectedon the side of the center line on which the free end of thehook is positioned by an outer and an inner transverse strap-guiding bar4 and 5, respectively. If desired, the side walls may be inwardly curvedor cut out as indicated at 6 to further lighten the device. 7

A third transverse bar 7 joins the sid walls and is located intermediatethe bars 4: and 5 and upon the opposite side of the center line of thedevice. This transverse bar is provided with an inwardly directed prong8 which, if desired, may be provided with a curved end portion, as shownin Figure 2.

In using the device the hook 3 engages a I ring or D 9. A strap 10 ispassed beneath the bars 4 and 5, around the hook 3, folded over thetransverse bar'7 (see Figure 2), and the prong 8 carried by such bar ispassed through an opening in the terminal portion of the strap thussecurely holding the end of the strap in place.

It is to be noted that when stress is transmitted by the strap that thedevice is not called upon to bear this entire strain, but that the strapis wrapped around the hook 3, carries the major portion of the strain,and reinforces the hook. It is also to be noted that a metal to metalcontact is se-' cured between the ring 9 and the hook 3 and that wear ofthe strap by the ring is prevented. Obviously, if the straight portionof a D is used, the hook 3 may be relatively rectangular in crosssection, whereas, for a round ring, the hook may be of lesser extent andcurved transversely, as shown in the drawings.

It will be seen that a harness connecter This materially lessens thecost of in a very light and sturdy harness connecter.

Although one form of the invention and one use thereof has beendescribed in considerable detail, it is to be understood that theinvention may take various forms and the device may be employed indifferent capacities. It is, therefore, to be understood that theinvention is to be limited only as set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A harness connecter comprising a body portion having parallel sideWalls, a hook extending outwardly and turned back and directed inwardly,a pair of transverse strap-guiding bars arranged in spaced relation Withone of said bars located adjacent the free end of the hook, and a thirdtrans verse bar intermediate said pair of bars and spaced from the planecontaining the said pair of bars, said third bar having means forretaining the end of a strap, whereby a strap may be secured by saidmeans, passed around said hook, and beneath said pair of bars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State oi:

lVisconsin.

JOHN C. NICHOLS.

